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Posted on Nov 5, 2019
APOD: 2019 November 5 - Spiral Galaxies Spinning Super Fast
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is titled "Spiral Galaxies Spinning Super Fast." How fast is super fast? The Milky Way, an average spiral galaxy, spins at a speed of 130 miles per second (210 km/sec) in our Sun’s neighborhood. New research has found that the most massive spiral galaxies spin faster than expected. These “super spirals,” the largest of which weigh about 20 times more than our Milky Way, spin at a rate of up to 350 miles per second (570 km/sec). Only about 100 super spirals are known to date. Data sets on the rotation rates of super spirals were collected with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the 5-meter Hale telescope of the Palomar Observatory, and NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.
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Good Tuesday morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price, my brief research indicates that in general Spiral Galaxies like our Milky Way and Andromeda and the like Spin in the neighborhood of 130 miles/sec or ~210 km/sec! But note the following from "Science News"
Super spirals are the most massive star-forming disk galaxies in the Universe. They are much larger, brighter, and more massive than our own Milky Way Galaxy. Dr. Patrick Ogle of the Space Telescope Science Institute and his colleagues have found that these enormous galaxies spin faster than expected for their mass, at speeds up to 350 miles per second (570 km/sec).
Read more by clicking on this link: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/super-spirals-07712.html
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Super spirals are the most massive star-forming disk galaxies in the Universe. They are much larger, brighter, and more massive than our own Milky Way Galaxy. Dr. Patrick Ogle of the Space Telescope Science Institute and his colleagues have found that these enormous galaxies spin faster than expected for their mass, at speeds up to 350 miles per second (570 km/sec).
Read more by clicking on this link: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/super-spirals-07712.html
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Super Spirals Spin Faster Than Expected, Astronomers Say | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
Dr. Patrick Ogle of the Space Telescope Science Institute and his colleagues have found that super spiral galaxies spin faster than expected for their mass, at speeds up to 350 miles per second (570 km/sec); for comparison, the Milky Way -- an average spiral galaxy -- spins at a speed of 130 miles per second (210 km/sec).
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Thanks for the excellent share and good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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Good morning sir,excellent astronomy picture share, have a great morning and day sir
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